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The award in the social rights category went to the Walt Disney Company, which had been accused of serious human rights abuses in southern China.

The mobile phones of the 9 executive members of Nepal Mussoorie Alumni Association never stop ringing - mostly calling each other. Not that they are into last minute preparation for a party or a picnic. They are preparing to recieve 10 Tibetan

Approximately twenty Tibetans and supporters staged a protest yesterday afternoon at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA to express their outrage at Google's decision to join hands with the Chinese Government in its censorship efforts.

San Francisco Tibetan Youth Congress and the Bay Area Students for a Free Tibet led a protest for the immediate release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. Today marks three years since Lobsang Dhondup was executed by Chinese authorities and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death sentence was commuted to life-in-prison. About 30 Tibetans and supporters gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate at 2PM and shouted slogans till 5PM with a half hour recitation of prayers over a candle light vigil. The protest concluded with the Tibetan national anthem. Tibetans in the Bay area and worldwide will not rest till Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is released. (Jan 26, 2006 / Kalsang Y. Tashi)

San Francisco Tibetan Youth Congress and the Bay Area Students for a Free Tibet led a protest for the immediate release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. Today marks three years since Lobsang Dhondup was executed by Chinese authorities and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death sentence was commuted to life-in-prison. About 30 Tibetans and supporters gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate at 2PM and shouted slogans till 5PM with a half hour recitation of prayers over a candle light vigil. The protest concluded with the Tibetan national anthem. Tibetans in the Bay area and worldwide will not rest till Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is released. (Jan 26, 2006 / Kalsang Y. Tashi)

A special lecture on Tibet was held for the first time at the Political Science Institute in Toulouse on the 25th January 2006. Over 140 students of the Institute attended the lecture session entitled "Tibet, today's perspectives"

Special lecture on Tibet was organised for the first time at the Political Science Institute in Toulouse on the 25th January 2006. Over 140 persons, mainly students of the Institute attended the lecture session entitled

Students for a Free Tibet Canada and the Canada Tibet Committee are outraged at Google's decision to join hands with the Chinese Government in assisting censorship efforts in China. Google has launched a custom-built web search engine

Free Tibet Campaign deplores the announcement by Google that it is to capitulate to political pressure from China and provide a web-based search engine for the Chinese market that will prohibit access to information

The historical Boudhanath Buddhist stupa in Nepal would be renovated. According to sources the renovation comes after almost a century.